Ecclesiastes 10:15
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.

Young's Literal Translation
The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.

King James Bible
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

Hebrew
The toil
עֲמַ֥ל (‘ă·mal)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

of a fool
הַכְּסִילִ֖ים (hak·kə·sî·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

wearies him,
תְּיַגְּעֶ֑נּוּ (tə·yag·gə·‘en·nū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3021: To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil

for
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

he does not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

know
יָדַ֖ע (yā·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

the way
לָלֶ֥כֶת (lā·le·ḵeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the city.
עִֽיר׃ (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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